After 2 skipped events, and normal and supporter tickets selling out in record time, the hacker puzzle originally launched for Disobey 2021 in October 2020 became one of the only ways to attend Disobey 2023, peaking interest in it again, and finally bringing the Hacker tickets close to selling out (I'm writing this as there are 8 tickets left).
I'd like to emphasise that for some parts, especially earlier on, there are multiple ways to get to the next step, and this writeup won't be an exhaustive report of all possible paths and will only go through the steps I personally took. I only won't mention most of the many, MANY red herrings and rabbit holes scattered throughout, but know they were numerous and annoying 😂
There are no clear "subtasks" here, but I'll split things up roughly in chapters based on my own interpretation.
Unlike in previous years where the puzzle started on the Disobey website, this p